Vietnam Today. Questions still linger after the Vietnam War

Many in America lost friends and family in the Vietnam War. And there are those who still don’t know why or how or what about their person of concern who are still just GONE or died in Vietnam.

Here’s a real kick in the pants that still puzzles me-

There are 58,220 Service Members who Officially lost their Lives in the Vietnam War. That’s the Official Count by the U.S. Government. Has Vietnam got others they haven’t found? Have they found all?

No, Vietnam has not found all U.S. servicemen remains from the Vietnam War. As of December 2020, over 83,000 American service members remain unaccounted for from the war. The U.S. and Vietnam continue to work together to locate and repatriate the remains of unaccounted American service members.

The 83,000 number is not part of the Official 58,220. The 83,000 figure is the current number of unaccounted-for service members from the Vietnam War. The 58,220 figure is the total number of American service members killed in action during that war. WHAT?

83,000 + 58,220 = 144,220

If a U.S. Servicemen who is part of that 83,000 hasn’t been found now, they aren’t gonna be found. Are They? Shouldn’t their Names be added to the Wall of the Vietnam Memorial? Hmm…you explain it to all of us Uncle Sam. We’re waiting. Been waiting for way too long, ain’t we? We still want answers. We deserve them. 🇺🇸 deserves them before the Masterminds of the Vietnam War are all Dead. But were you even alive back then? I get bad feelings every time I think about it. That damn War.

The Vietnam Days-

The USA officially lost 58,220 service members during the Vietnam War. However, the true figure is likely higher as the Vietnamese government estimated the number at 1,141,000 and the US Department of Defense estimates the figure to be around 300,000.

From the Vietnam War Casualty Database, which is maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense. According to their records, there were approximately 3,404,107 total dead, wounded, and missing throughout the duration of the war. This includes both the North and South Vietnamese, as well as United States service members.

That’s an ugly number. Here are some other ugly numbers-

The United States became involved in Vietnam in the 1950s during the Cold War in order to prevent the spread of communism. The United States supported a democratic government in South Vietnam, while the communist government of North Vietnam was backed by the Soviet Union and China. The conflict escalated into a full scale war in the 1960s, with the United States deploying hundreds of thousands of soldiers to fight in the conflict.

Vietnam and the United States have worked to build a strong and cooperative relationship since the end of the Vietnam War. The United States and Vietnam have established friendly diplomatic relations and enjoy strong economic ties. They cooperate on a range of shared interests and work together in areas like trade, education, science and technology, and security. Vietnam has strong ties and diplomatic relationships with many countries around the world, including China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United States, the European Union, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Additionally, Vietnam is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), World Trade Organization (WTO), Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), and the United Nations. The government of Vietnam has no intention of attacking America or its military. Vietnam and the United States have extensive diplomatic and economic ties, and the government of Vietnam values its relationship with the United States. The two countries have signed a number of treaties, including the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, the Bilateral Trade Agreement of 2000 and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982 is an international agreement that governs the uses of the world’s oceans and navigable waters. It provides framework for responsible stewardship for the conservation and management of marine resources, and promotes security and cooperation among nations. It also establishes ocean boundaries, sets rules for economic activities in the seas, and provides for general and specific obligations for states to protect the marine environment.

The South China Sea is an area of particularly high international tension due to disputes relating to overlapping territorial claims among seven government parties: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. The scope of the disputes consists of maritime delimitation issues, resource exploitation, and sovereignty over various islands, reefs, shoals, and other features such as the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands. China has the largest number of claims and has rejected any attempts by the international community to resolve the dispute via non-binding approaches or binding agreements such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.